The Fuel-Efficiency Drive
Gains More Momentum

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All in one day, oil prices reached a new record, car makers at the Frankfurt auto show jostled to display their most fuel-efficient models, and a federal judge in Vermont endorsed for the first time new state rules that would reduce emissions -- and, by extension, increase fuel efficiency -- in cars...